A First Biography
M. P. Shiel
A Biography of His Early Years
By Harold Billings
A First Biography
M. P. Shiel
A Biography of His Early Years
By Harold Billings
Matthew Phipps Shiel has been recognized as one of the most accomplished story tellers and stylists to emerge from the Yellow Nineties — author of such classics of the imagination as The Purple Cloud and Lord of the Sea.
The work describes the shaping of Shiel’s character and writing — his early years on Montserrat, at school on Barbados, and his emerging literary figure in London’s days of Bohemian glory and decadence.
Never before published family photographs, letters and documents, add color to the early life of a fascinating literary figure whose works continue to excite new cycles of readers.
Designed by William R. Holman. Octavo, 6" x 9", 188 pages, including seventeen pages of illustrations.Softcover edition: ISBN 0-0766044-0-x Price: $29.00
Hardbound edition: ISBN 0-9766044-1-8 Price: $59.50
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